OUTGOING Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, BBC reports. A government statement says that he was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell. His condition then improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Development Programme Zimbabwe (UNDP) has availed US$289 000 to assist the country in wildlife conservation, amid growing concerns that the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic has increased illegal activities, including poaching, the Daily News can report. This comes as local authorities including the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE lawyers Tapiwa Makanza and Joshuwa Chirambwe were yesterday granted $20 000 bail each on allegations of conniving with another lawyer, Thabani Mpofu, in filing a case with a fictitious name at the Constitutional Court challenging the appointment of the Prosecutor-General. Mpofu has since appeared in court on the allegations…
ZIMBABWE’S Poverty Datum Line (PDL) for an average family of five reached $7 425,81 last April, latest data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) has revealed. Total Consumption Poverty Line (TCPL) for an average of five persons per household stood at $ $7 425,81, TCPL $1 485,16 for one person in April 2020,…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw MDC legislator Joanna Mamombe and her alleged accomplices Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who were charged for allegedly violating lockdown regulations by participating in a demonstration are planning to flee the country, the State has said. This was said in court yesterday when the State applied for variation of their…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw Cassava Edutech has launched the Akello E-library, an online library platform offering hundreds of school curriculum books that are set to strengthen Zimbabwe’s education sector by providing learners, students and teachers with easy access to a wide variety of Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) prescribed text books in schools….
SOCIALITE and businessman Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure’s company Piko Trading was today convicted of evading tax, prejudicing the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority of $2 million. The company pleaded to tax evasion. It also admitted to failure to remit $350 000 in employees pay as you earn. Ginimbi appeared in court on behalf of the company and admitted to…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has applied that Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri be found in contempt of court after defying an order to abort operations at his Mazowe farm. This comes after the High Court recently granted an interim order for Shiri to be interdicted from interfering with Kasukuwere’s…
JEFFREY MUVUNDUSI in BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has raised the alarm over its water supply situation, which it has equated in proportion to the 1992 drought when the city almost went completely dry. This comes after the city fathers last month appealed to the government to declare Bulawayo a water shortage disaster area….
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ©️ AS POLITICAL tensions in the country continue to escalate, combative MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, pictured, has renewed his threat to lead rolling mass demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government. Speaking to the Daily News in an interview at the weekend — as the…
